Deploying applications to AWS EC2 often becomes a repetitive, manual, and error-prone process involving SSH setups, Nginx configurations, environment handling, instance provisioning, installing dependencies and constant debugging.
DeployEase is a platform I built to eliminate all of that complexity.
DeployEase provides a clean, guided, and automated workflow for deploying Node.js, Python, React, and static applications directly to AWS EC2 with real-time logs, SSH access, autoscaling support, volume resizing, and complete instance lifecycle management.
Whether you're a solo developer, a student learning cloud, or a freelancer building for clients, DeployEase streamlines deployment into an efficient, predictable, one-click experience.
🔐 Seamless GitHub Authentication
DeployEase uses OAuth GitHub login to let you sign in instantly.
Once authenticated:
- Your GitHub repositories are fetched automatically
- You can deploy any repo directly to AWS
- No setup overhead just log in and start deploying
📊 Clean and Insightful Dashboard
After login, you are welcomed by a simple, structured dashboard which shows:
- Number of Deployments
- Number of EC2 Instances that are associated with your AWS Account
- Successful Deployments and failed deployments records
- Recent Deployments
Instances Page
1 Delete
It delete the instance from the db and as well as from your aws account and all your deployments associated with that instances are deleted as well
2 Live SSH Terminal (Browser-based)
DeployEase gives you a full interactive SSH terminal directly inside the browser:
- Run Linux commands:
ls,cd,cat - View/edit code using
nano - Explore logs or inspect running services
- Perform advanced debugging
- No PuTTY, no local SSH setup, no keys to manage
It feels exactly like AWS EC2's web terminal — but seamless inside your app UI.
3 Increase Volume
- Once you click this button you just need to provide the value in GB that you want to increase and DeployEase Auto increase the volume and file size on your ec2 instance no manual configuration needed.
4 Auto-Scale
- Once you click it you need to provide min and max instances that you need.
- DeployEase then run a workflow where it creates Launch Template
- Then it auto creates target group and Application Laodbalancer
- And finally return a pubilc url which you can use to access your deployment and now auto-scalling will be enabled. Your number of instances will now auto increase & decrease based on the traffic and no mannual configuration needed.
📁 Your GitHub Repositories — One-Click Deploy
The Your Repos page lists all your GitHub repositories with a single action:
🟢 Deploy on AWS
Clicking this opens the configuration page where you define the deployment parameters (app type, region(optional), and aws access credentials).
⚙️ Intelligent Deployment Configuration
DeployEase supports multiple application types:
- Node.js
- Python (Flask/FastAPI/Django minimal)
- React
- Static sites
On the configuration page, you provide:
AWS Settings
- Access key
- Secret key
- Region
App Settings
- Running port
- Entry file (
server.js,index.js,app.py, etc.) - Subdirectory (if your project lives in
/clientor/backend) - Environment variables (auto-written to
.env)
Once submitted, DeployEase:
- Provisions a new EC2 instance (or uses an existing one)
- Sets up Security Groups & inbound rules
- Installs required packages (
node,python,pm2,pip, etc.) - Clones the repo
- Installs dependencies
- Creates environment configuration
- Generates and installs Nginx configuration dynamicaly
- Starts the app
- Streams all logs to your browser in real-time
Everything is automated, observable, and structured.
🌐 Fully Automated Nginx Setup
DeployEase manages Nginx for every deployment.
For Node/Python Apps
- Creates a unique config file in
/etc/nginx/apps/ - Symlinks it to
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ - Includes auto-generated reverse proxy rules (to your app port)
- Reloads Nginx safely
For example:
location /<slug>/ {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:<port>;
}
For Static/React Apps
- Builds the project (React)
- Copies final build to
/var/www/<slug> - Creates an Nginx config pointing to that directory
- Serves at:
http://<instance-ip>/<slug>
Every app gets its own slug-based URL routing.
🧩 Deploy Multiple Apps on a Single EC2 Instance
You can choose:
✔ Create a new EC2 instance
or
✔ Use an existing instance
If you deploy to an existing instance:
- Nginx gets an additional location block
- Multiple apps are served on the same machine
- Ideal for deploying frontend + backend together
- Perfect for cost-saving architectures
🔄 Update Environment Variables Anytime
Need to modify .env?
DeployEase allows you to update environment variables at any time.
The system intelligently rewrites your entire .env file safely and consistently.
🌍 Get Instant Deployment Output
At the end of every successful deployment, you get:
- Public IP
- Auto-generated URL:
http://<ip>/<slug>
Your application becomes available to the world immediately.
🧱 Volume Resizing for Existing Instances
Without manually touching the AWS console, you can:
- Select an EC2 instance
- Enter a new disk volume size
- Click apply
DeployEase then:
- Extends EBS volume
- Grows OS partition
- Expands filesystem (ext4)
This is usually a multi-step Linux procedure but DeployEase automates it gracefully.
📈 Autoscaling with ASG + ALB
DeployEase lets you convert any running application into a scalable setup:
- Choose your instance
- Provide min/max capacity
-
DeployEase creates:
- Auto Scaling Group
- Launch Template
- Application Load Balancer
- Target Groups
- Health Checks
This enables:
- High availability
- Zero downtime scaling
- Load distribution
- Production-grade architecture
🛠 Tech Stack Behind DeployEase
- Next.js (App Router)
- Prisma + PostgreSQL
- AWS SDK v3
- Socket.io (for live logs & SSH)
- Nginx + PM2
- Secure encryption for credentials
- Tailwind CSS (UI styling)
- Custom server-side automation scripts
Designed with clean architecture and scalability in mind.
🧭 Future Considerations & Upcoming Enhancements
DeployEase is still evolving. Some major improvements planned for upcoming versions include:
1 Custom Domain Support
Attach your own domain (e.g., app.yourdomain.com) by automatically creating:
- Route53 hosted zones
- DNS A records
- SSL certificates (via AWS ACM)
- HTTPS Nginx configurations
2 Automatic SSL (HTTPS) for Every Deployment
Even without a custom domain — DeployEase can issue temporary SSL certificates, enabling:
- Secure access
- Encrypted API communication
- Public production-grade deployments
3 Containerization Options
Introduce Docker-based deployments:
- Build Docker image
- Push to ECR
- Deploy using ECS or EC2 Docker runtime
This will simplify environment conflicts and dependency management.
4 CI/CD Pipeline Integration
Push-to-deploy support:
- Merge PR → auto deploy
- GitHub Webhooks → auto update
- Rollback on failure
5 Team Workspaces
Allow teams to collaborate within DeployEase:
- Shared deployments
- Role-based access
- Multiple AWS accounts
6 Deployment History & Versioning
Record all deployments and allow:
- Rollbacks
- Change tracking
- Audit logs
7 Kubernetes Deployment Support (Long-term Goal)
Provide simplified K8s deployments for advanced users.
Potentially using:
- EKS
- Karpenter
- LoadBalancer services
🎯 Conclusion
DeployEase is built to make AWS EC2 deployment:
- Faster
- Simpler
- More reliable
- Transparent
- Developer-friendly
- Cost-efficient
Instead of spending hours configuring servers, PM2, Nginx, security groups, ports, and processes you can deploy multiple production-ready apps in minutes with full observability, built-in SSH access, autoscaling, volume resizing, and complete lifecycle automation.
This is just the beginning — and DeployEase will continue evolving into a complete DevOps automation toolkit.
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